The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1422 Decoy
A line that I finally thought of was broken again.

Xuan Shijing was out of luck for a while, so let's go to the village to have a look tomorrow, I'm worried.

Xuan Shijing pawed at the food in the bowl restlessly, at least he ate the food in his stomach.

If the matter of the pirates is not resolved, how can we find someone who is familiar with the waters near Quanzhou in the coastal area?How to let people set off to Ryukyu with their own fleet?Now there are not even a young man in the coastal area, and the remaining old men, can they do it? Although they don't need to do anything on the boat, their bodies are obviously not suitable for sailing at sea.

The answer is obvious. If this matter is not resolved, the deadline for going to Ryukyu will be postponed all the time. Who knows when it will be postponed.

Returning to the tent after dinner, Xuan Shijing sat in front of the desk in a daze.

"Grandpa, General Liu is out to see you." Chang Le said.

"Come in quickly."

"Yes."

After Chang Le responded, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Liu Renyuan walked into Xuan Shijing's tent in armor.

"General Liu." Xuan Shijing sighed: "You know what happened during the day, right?"

Liu Renyuan knelt and sat opposite Xuan Shijing, nodded: "I heard that before we set off, we must first solve the problem of pirates, otherwise even if we leave, we will not be safe."

"Yeah, the origin of those pirates is unknown, and now they don't even know who they are, how many people they have, and how many ships they have. Their eyes are smeared." Xuan Shijing said: "Going out today, there is nothing to gain. It’s impossible to go down, the weather is the most suitable for going out to sea, who knows if there will be a good time after these two months.”

"From this point of view, time is running out." Liu Renyuan said, "Why don't the officials bring the Yangzhou navy to guard the coast where pirates frequently appear?"

Xuan Shijing shook his head: "Doing this is tantamount to scaring the snake. The Quanzhou navy patrolled the sea during the day, and those pirates changed their time of action to night. If the navy from Yangzhou did the same, the end would be the same as that of Quanzhou." Like a navy, it will be dragged down sooner or later."

Nowadays, the Quanzhou navy has always been in a passive state. Even if it is patrolling at sea and takes the initiative to attack, as long as the pirates avoid the limelight, they will come again. It is impossible for the Quanzhou navy to float on the sea for twelve hours a day. , Just to stare at the pirates, such consumption, the pirates can consume more energy, but the Quanzhou navy can't.

So, the initiative is still in the hands of the pirates.

Xuan Shijing suddenly remembered that he still had a merchant ship.

"General Liu." Xuan Shijing raised his head and looked at Liu Renyuan: "Say, how about using Xuan's merchant ship as bait?"

"The merchant ship of the Xuan family?" Liu Renyuan thought about it carefully. This is also a solution, but the merchant ship of the Xuan family came with the navy from Yangzhou. The target is too big. If it is used as a bait, if there are pirates in Quanzhou Knowing that the merchant ships of the Xuan family have an endless relationship with the Yangzhou navy, then, would those pirates dare to risk their lives against the merchant ships of the Xuan family?
Moreover, the Xuan family's ship is indeed a merchant ship, but it looks like a warship no matter how you look at it.

"The merchant ships of the Xuan family came with the Yangzhou navy, and when they docked at the port of Quanzhou, they also stopped at the boundary of the Quanzhou navy." Liu Renyuan said: "From yesterday's analysis, we can see that the news of those pirates Very well-informed, I'm afraid we can't hide this news, will they take the bait?"

"It makes sense, but merchant ships are always merchant ships, and navy warships are always warships." Xuan Shijing said: "Now there is no other way, I can only try it out, cast the line, and fish. "

"Then how do you arrange the guards on the ship? Do you want people from the navy to replace the guards of the Xuan family?" Liu Renyuan asked.

"That's not necessary." Xuan Shijing said: "Let the guards of the Xuan family be on board."

Speaking of which, since the guards of the Xuan family were transported by sea, their skill on board would not be any worse than that of the sailor, or even better.

"In this case, someone needs to release the news in Quanzhou City. After all, the Xuan family is a big merchant. Even if they do business, they must be in Quanzhou City. Today, Xuangong took someone dressed as a merchant to the village, just for this matter. I made a foreshadowing." Liu Renyuan said: "The next thing is that the Xuan family's merchant ship left the Yangzhou navy team and went to sea alone as bait, Xuan Gong, you are gambling with the Xuan family's wealth."

The Xuan family came with the navy this time with just such a ship, if this ship was accidentally damaged during the battle, then the Xuan family's trip would be tantamount to nothing.

But even so, you have to gamble, it's better than nothing, not to mention, there are so many villages along the coast, so many people, they are all living lives.

As for the Xuan family's boat, as long as there is this way, it doesn't matter whether it's this trip or the next trip.

Even if the Xuan family's ship is damaged during the battle, it is still serving the country. Then it will be enough to transfer a ship from Quanzhou to make up for it. Even if someone makes Xuan Shijing sick for this matter, it's nothing So scary.

The Xuan family's boat was buried for the country, why not say that?

"It's okay, it's just agreed. Let's try it. General Liu will help prepare. Tomorrow, I will take Gao Jun and Chang Le to the village." Xuan Shijing said.

"Okay." Liu Renyuan said, "If that's the case, I'll arrange it, and try not to cause any loss to Xuan Gong's merchant ship."

Xuan Shijing nodded.

Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan divided their troops into two groups, one was to continue to inquire about the news and pave the way for the merchant ship, while the other was to prepare bait and a complete set to lure the snake out of the hole.

In the early morning, the same two carriages and the same four people left the navy's camp again, this time directly crossing the village and heading for the coastline.

Just going to the beach, or passing through the first village I arrived yesterday.

Passing by this village, Xuan Shijing sat on the frame of the carriage, but felt something unusual. There seemed to be a lot more people on the street today than yesterday.

The carriage stopped on the street, and Xuan Shijing jumped off the carriage.

"This old man." Xuan Shijing stopped an old man, stepped forward and asked, "Did something happen here today?"

"Oh, poor old Zhang, he is the only one left at home. At noon today, he was found dead at home."

"Dead?" Xuan Shijing was surprised: "How did he die?"

"Killed by someone." The old man said: "There are rumors that old Zhangtou met someone yesterday and talked about the pirates. It is estimated that the death of old Zhangtou was done by the pirates."

Xuan Shijing was taken aback for a moment, the old man, couldn't it be the old man he met yesterday?
(End of this chapter)